Episodes

  • Gaza's Hospitals Collapse, and Sick and Malnourished Children are Dying

    Gaza's Hospitals Collapse, and Sick and Malnourished Children are Dying
    Jun 6 2024
    A father in Gaza tries to save his sick son as the family flees Israeli bombs, but their quest for treatment and the baby's skeletal frame reveal malnourishment is only part of the story.

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  • Arts Fortress: Ukrainian musicians play on amidst air sirens

    Arts Fortress: Ukrainian musicians play on amidst air sirens
    Jun 6 2024
    Musicians in Kharkiv, Ukraine refuse to cancel the city's music festival, despite weeks of Russian strikes. And American veterans of the Normandy invasion travel to France to mark the anniversary of D-Day.

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    8 mins
  • Indian Prime Minister Modi Wins A Third Term

    Indian Prime Minister Modi Wins A Third Term
    Jun 4 2024
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third win is rare, but is tempered by his party's loss of a parliamentary majority.

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  • La Presidenta: Mexico Elects Its First Woman to the Presidency

    La Presidenta: Mexico Elects Its First Woman to the Presidency
    Jun 3 2024
    For the first time since their country became a republic more than two hundred years ago, Mexicans have elected a woman as president. And Ukraine's center for book publishing survives a punishing Russian bombardment.

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    10 mins
  • A Visit to the Gateway for Ukrainian Prisoners of War Freed from Russia

    A Visit to the Gateway for Ukrainian Prisoners of War Freed from Russia
    May 31 2024
    The Ukrainian border town of Krasnopillia, in the country's northeast, is near the only open checkpoint between Ukraine and Russia. When Ukrainians are freed from Russian captivity, or when the bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers are returned, they usually come through the town. Our correspondent visited and found the returning countrymen are always welcomed by residents and the staff from the town's scrappy local newspaper.

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    6 mins
  • What Is Hamas' Capability and Strategy Now?

    What Is Hamas' Capability and Strategy Now?
    May 30 2024
    Nearly eight months ago, Israel reacted to the attacks of October 7th by invading Gaza with the goal of destroying Hamas. Our correspondent in Tel Aviv examines how close they are to achieving that goal but looking at Hamas' capability on three fronts: on the battlefield, in continuing to govern and controlling the narrative.

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    7 mins
  • Battle of Chinese and Taiwanese Chatbots and a Balloon Battle Between the Koreas

    Battle of Chinese and Taiwanese Chatbots and a Balloon Battle Between the Koreas
    May 29 2024
    Taiwan has developed a large language model artificial intelligence chat bot to compete with a product from China because of fears regarding national security. And North Korea sends garbage-filled balloons over the border into South Korea, escalating a long-standing balloon battle between the Koreas.

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  • How Israel's Assault on Rafah is Unfolding

    How Israel's Assault on Rafah is Unfolding
    May 28 2024
    Israel has expanded its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday near a displaced persons camp started a fire killing at least 45 people and injuring hundreds more. We hear details from our correspondent in Tel Aviv.

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    4 mins